Your version is indeed correct phoenix - I think Lona realised that after a few posts 
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For an assessment as to how I was getting on with the new dose of Dosulepin after 3 months. I told him that I was feeling a bit better, but was concerned about my short term memory. He asked for some examples and I said , "Oh you know, the usual things, thinking of something that should go on the shopping list, by the time I get downstairs I can't remember what it was, also when doing a crossword I see 2 clues to which I know the answer, but by the time I have filled in the first one, I forget what the second one was"
I thought he would say it was an age thing, but he said he would take some blood and send it off for various tests, and please would I book an appointment for 2 weeks time and come in to run through some dementia tests 
I was a bit confuddled re the bloods,but sure enough it turns out that blood testing is quite common for this sort of thing.
I went back today, and he said all the tests done on the blood samples were fine, in fact my cholesterol had come down slightly.
He then went on to the other tests. Now,I had mentioned to a friend that I was having this done, and she said that her BIL had gone through them recently, and part of it was reciting the alphabet backwards I'll admit that I had practiced a bit, so was quite miffed when he didn't ask me to do it. (by the way, even with practice I still wasn't very good at a backward alphabet, and had thought of doing my party piece, which is singing "How much is that doggy in the window" backwards, try it, the words still fit the tune, if you know what I mean 
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Anyway, I thought I had done reasonably well, but at the end he said that he did think it ought to be investigated a bit more.
He is sending me for a scan. Yes, I'm a bit taken aback, but also thankful that I have such a good GP who is not only thorough, but also listens to his patients, rather than dismissing them out of hand as it seems so many others do.
If only we could remember how to get there phoenix
PS, I get the feeling that if this thread had a theme tune it would be "Welcome to my World"
Haha, Ana and Lona, I am laughing my head off here. I think we all need to pay a visit to our doctors and give them a chance at an extra £55
I'm wrong and slow!!
You've got it too, Lona!
Ana's right phoenix
I'm so sorry, phoenix - yes of course I was Ash Tree 
I can only blame benign senility and hope it's nothing worse!
Should be 'the in' not 'in the'...? Shouldn't it?
Ana They seem right to me, but then again...........
phoenix, I just have to mention it just in case this crops up in later tests - the first two words of lines 2 and 4 are not correct!
Thanks loopylou - there are worse descriptions
You're both crackers phoenix & AshTree!
No wonder you couldn't sleep
phoenix fingers crossed tests show nothing's wrong......if not I'll need to seriously start worrying!
Haha,phoenix I did the doggy in the window thing, but I thought you meant singing it completely backwards, as follows:
Sale for doggy's that hope do I window
In the doggy that is much how
Tail waggly the with one the window
In the doggy that is much how
And that works too
I can recite the alphabet backwards - I used to be able to say the Spanish and French alphabets backwards too! It's a result of years of being unable to sleep, when counting sheep didn't work, so I tried something else and learnt backwards alphabets. Clearly that didn't work either, or I would have been asleep and not learning them
I put forgetfulness down to having a over full brain, and not concentrating properly, trying to do too many things at once.....one GP at our practice goes for the whole gamut of investigations and scares me silly, the other asks what I think she should do 
That's the first thought that came into my mind. Maybe he's just after his fifty quid. A bit of over analysing I think.
I have heard/read about that too, (i.e. targets and pay) but must say that ours is a small rural practice, and they seem to take on things such as dispensing (I don't go out with a prescription, I get the actual medication) and minor surgery, stitching wounds, removal of stitches etc rather than referring. About 10 to 15 years ago, a friends dh had his vasectomy done by the gp at the surgery!
In all the years I've been a patient there (26 years , where the hell did that go!) I have never felt that I have had any treatment just to reach their target.
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